On the main strip of town in Chillicothe, Missouri, you’ll pass by a large colorful mural: “Home of sliced bread.” It’s actually the official slogan for the town, which hosts an annual Sliced Bread ...

If Davenport ever has a slogan for sweatshirts, it should say: “Davenport, The Home Of Sliced Bread.” It was here that machine-sliced bread was invented. It ranks as one of the most resourceful ...

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – Any way you slice it, a small town in Missouri knows where its bread is buttered as the home of the wondrous innovation of sliced bread. Yes, the “greatest thing since sliced bread” ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This commercial bread-slicing machine ...

We’ve all heard the phrase, “the greatest thing since sliced bread,” but where did it begin? It was an inventor named Otto Rohwedder who knew he could improve on the whole loaf of bread. “He’d spent a ...

U.S. Route 36 stretches for 200 miles across the flat farmland of northern Missouri, connecting Kansas to Illinois. At one end is the Pony Express Bridge in St. Joseph and at the other is the Mark ...